Insights and Stories of Reuters

Rogers Sugar suspends production at Montreal after strike

May. 31, 2016 at 7:25 pm CDT

Reuters — Rogers Sugar, Canada’s largest sugar refiner, said Tuesday it has suspended production at its largest plant as workers went on strike after wage talks at the 128-year-old Montreal-based facility collapsed. The company is implementing contingency measures to minimize disruption to customers. “There’s inventory, the company’s (other) facilities and […]

Russia not planning expanded ban on Western foods

May. 28, 2016 at 2:04 am CDT

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South Africa’s parliament approves land expropriation bill

May. 26, 2016 at 5:40 pm CDT

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Monsanto rejects Bayer bid

May. 24, 2016 at 1:15 pm CDT

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Fertilizer maker CF Industries, OCI end merger deal

May. 23, 2016 at 7:18 pm CDT

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Bayer confirms US$62 billion cash offer for Monsanto

May. 23, 2016 at 7:04 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters –– German drugs and chemicals group Bayer AG said it had made an offer to buy U.S. seeds company Monsanto for US$122 per share in cash, or a total value of $62 billion including debt, to create the world’s biggest agricultural supplier. Bayer said on Monday that […]

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Ex-Dreyfus CEO leaves board in latest shakeup

May. 20, 2016 at 8:25 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — Global agricultural trader Louis Dreyfus Co. announced board changes on Thursday in which former CEO Serge Schoen will leave the group, another step in a leadership shakeup under main shareholder Margarita Louis-Dreyfus. Schoen oversaw rapid growth at the trading house as CEO between 2005 and 2013. […]

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Syngenta offer deadline extended as regulators probe deal

May. 17, 2016 at 7:09 pm CDT

Zurich | Reuters — The deadline for shareholders in Swiss pesticides maker Syngenta to accept a US$43 billion takeover bid from state-owned ChemChina has been extended to allow for some outstanding regulatory approvals, the company said Tuesday. Syngenta said the offer will now run from May 24 to July 18. […]

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Forecasters see rising likelihood of La Nina in 2016

May. 13, 2016 at 5:31 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday heightened its projections for the La Nina weather phenomenon to take place in the Northern Hemisphere later this year, on the heels of an El Nino likely to fade by early summer. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the […]

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France’s Senate suspends palm oil tax, delays neonic ban

May. 13, 2016 at 1:32 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The French Senate on Thursday adopted a revised version of its biodiversity bill in which senators scrapped an additional tax on palm oil and delayed until 2020 a ban on pesticides blamed for harming bees. The decisions are not final as the two houses of the […]

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